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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis commenting on the publication of the Trade Union Bill.

Unions and civil society must unite around a common vision of individual and collective rights that brings together all our aspirations for a good society

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will be among the speakers at a public meeting tomorrow on resisting the Trade Union Bill

Government plans to restrict trade union rights are “a strikebreaker’s charter” which would undermine the basic civil rights of working people, general secretary Dave Prentis told the union’s national executive council (NEC) in London today.

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis last night called on the labour movement to defend the right to strike.

Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again.

Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics

On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference

Instead of focusing on helping the country at a turbulent time, the government plans to undermine your right to be supported and represented. Will politicians see sense and drop the Trade Union Bill?

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Singer Grace Petrie joins campaigners in protest against Trade Union Bill

UNISON general secretary welcomes new language of opposition at TUC congress in Brighton today

MPs from all parties condemn the ‘most significant, sustained and partisan attack’ on workers’ rights in 30 years

UNISON has today (Friday) launched #TwoWeekWarning – an online campaign against proposed restrictions that could require unions to report planned social media activity to employers two weeks before any strike. Under the proposals associated with the Trade Union Bill, unions could also be required to notify the police and the Certification Officer – the body […]

Communities across Wales are uniting to oppose divisive attack on democracy says Cymru / Wales regional secretary